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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Albertini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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178 cm
23
200 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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190 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Francesco Albertini! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Douglas Dawkins! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dawkins pushes Albertini away with a front kick. Dawkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Albertini moves out of range and avoids them all easily. A shot to de liver by Dawkins. Beautiful body shot. Dawkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Albertini fails in his attempt to clinch. Dawkins misses with the combination.
Dawkins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Albertini misses with the combination.
Albertini tries to clinch up but Dawkins circles away and keeps his distance. A combination from Dawkins does no damage. Albertini displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dawkins throws out the jab. Albertini is looking to clinch but Dawkins is avoiding it.
Dawkins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Albertini tries to avoid it but Dawkins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Albertini to the ground. Albertini escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Dawkins looks for the body kick but Albertini saw that one coming. Dawkins throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Albertini doesn't manage to clinch there - Dawkins circles away.
Albertini moves in looking to clinch but Dawkins pushes him off. The fight stays on the outside here - Albertini looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Dawkins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Dawkins throws a combination that misses and Albertini counters with a stiff right hand. Dawkins scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Dawkins tries to move to mount but Albertini blocks the move with his legs. Dawkins in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Albertini is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Douglas Dawkins!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
77% |
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